1948: The Vimana

"Bhima
flew with his Vimana on an enormous ray which was as brilliant as the
sun and made a noise like a storm of thunder."
? The Veda Texts

Ancient Sanskrit documents tell of mysterious,
advanced vehicles called Vimanas that seem remarkably similar to
modern aircraft and UFOs. According to the archaic Veda texts, Vimanas
possessed "all the power of
the universe" and could fly to other planets. They were
armed with powerful weapons and they could become invisible at the will of
the pilot. Surprisingly, the Hindu scholars wrote extensively
about how to construct and pilot a Vimana, including details on the
machine's mercury engine, effective combat maneuvers, and how to
survive a crash-landing. Hundreds of pages of information about these
machines can also be found in many writings from other ancient
cultures as well, providing an astounding amount of information on
Vimanas. Unfortunately, many of the raw materials necessary to build
one of these fantastic machines have been lost in translation... until
now!

Read about how characters in your game can hunt down
the clues to these ancient machines, decipher the instructions, find
the rare materials, and actually build one of their own--before the
Nazis do.

Of course, if your heroes are not mechanically
inclined, it is also possible to find one of these ancient war
machines already constructed. There might be one
hidden somewhere in Egypt, protected by Atlantian curses and a dungeon full
of deadly traps. There might also be some Vimanas in Tibet. Unless they've
already been stolen by Nagas who are planning to sell them to the Nazis!

This file includes:

5 Photos of Vimanas

d20 stats for 4 different Vimanas

d20 stats for 3 different death rays

How to fly a Vimana

How to build a Vimana

Where to find a Vimana

Secret history of the Vimanas

Only $2.00

This supplement is one in a series of titles that lay the groundwork for the 1948 Campaign Setting. The full 1948 series includes the following titles:

1948: The Vimana is a short product detailing a new type of vehicle for Modern d20, from Bloodstone Press. The zipped file is 0.22 megabytes in size, containing a single PDF file that is marginally larger. The PDF has a non-hyperlinked table of contents [...]

Impressively researched and solidly designed information on the supposed ancient Indian flying machines, that takes seriously what can be found in the original literary sources, rather than how it might fit in with some campaign setting or ruleset's pet [...]

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